Fourth to henry reinheimer



(No Model) V J. H. PHILPOTT.

' WEAR CLIP FOR HARNESS IRONS.

PatentedJune 20, 1882.

INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERSv Photn-Lithugnphor. Washington. D. C,

UN TED STATES,

PATENT. mm. 1

JAMES PHILPOII, on RISING CITY, NEBRASKA, AssieNoEoE ONE- FOURTH TO HENRY REINHEIMER, OF SAME PLACE.

WEAR-CLIP FOR HARNESS-IRONS.

SPECIFICATION firming part of Letters Patent No. 259,913, dated June 20, 1882.

'Application filed April 19, 1882. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES HENRY Pam POTT, of Rising City, in the county of Butler and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved Wear-Clip for Harness-Irons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists of wear-clips for the repair of hame-staples, cockeyes, rings, and other irons of harnesses subject to the wear of other irons connected to them, and making deep notches that damage the iron in the wearing part only, and frequently cutting through the iron while all'the rest is uninjured. The saith clips consist of malleable iron or other metal pieces made in suitable shape to apply to the ring, cockeye, or other iron, filling the notch and taking thewear off from the worn iron, the said'pieces being made in different shapes, conforming to the shape of the iron to be repaired and having clips to fasten thereto by bending them around the irons with a hammer, all as hereinafter more fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of a worn hame-staple re-enforced with a wear-clipas I propose. Fig. 2 is a section of Fig. 1 on lineman. Fig. 3 is a side view of a tug-eye also r-enforced with a wear-clip. Fig. 4 is a v side view of a ring similarly repaired. Fig. 5

is a section of Fig. 4. on line 3 y.

A represents a hame-staple, tug-eye, ring, cockeye, hame-clip, or any other harness or other iron subject to be worn or cut in a deep notch, B, in any one place by any other staple, eye, clip or other iron connected with it, which is a common difticulty with harness, the said staples or other devices being uninjured in all other parts when rendered worthless by such notch. Some of the parts-as hame-staples are quite difficult to remove when thus spoiled, so that besides saving the cost of the irons,'it is also desirable to avoid the labor and cost of removing and replacing them. I therefore propose to cast, stamp, or otherwise form wear-clips O of suitable form to apply to the worn iron with a part E, fitting the notch as nearly as may be, said part 0 taking the wear, so as to relieve the iron of further wear, the said clips being made in different forms for the different kinds of irons, but being alike in respect of taking the wear from theviron to which theyiare applied and of having clipwings or cars D by which to fasten them to the iron to which they are to be attached. It is not necessary that the parts E of the said wear-clips designed to fiton the worn notches fit very well therein, but only to get support for sustaining the strain upon the part G. Said parts E will be made large enough to be fitted to suit the notch of the place to be repaired, or the clips may be made to differ in form and size from the part E, and from such clips suitable ones may be selected for the casein hand. As all the parts of the harness subject to this kind of wear are concave in the part wherethe notch wears, it will be seen that it only requires a short piece of similar concave form and extending a short distance each Way from the wearing place and having suitable attaching-clips to be readily secured as I propose, the form of the other side of the piece being of course adapted to the form of the ring or staple to which it is to be applied.

The said wear-clips may be struck-up in drop-hammer or other dies, dies being made for each special form of wear-cli p, or they may be cast in malleable iron or steel, as preferred.

It will be seen that with these improved wear-clips the rings, staples, and other irons may be repaired very quickly and cheaply and as often as may be desired.

Although herein specially described in their application to harness-irons, it will be understood that my improved wear clips are adapted for use with staples, clips, rings, clevises, hooks, links, 850., employed in any way where continued strains have worn grooves in the metal, as above described.

Having thus fully described my invention,

Ielaim as new and desire to secure by Let- 2. A wear-clip consisting of wear-iron O, ters Patentfilling-piece E, and attaching ear or wing clips 10 1. An improved wear-clip for rings, staples, D, constructed and arranged substantially as eockeyes, and other harnessirons adapted to herein shown and described.

5 fit; the worn portion of the said irons and to JAMES H. PHILPOTI.

be secured thereto, substantially as horein' Witnesses: shown and described, and for the purpose set W. B. MACK, forth. E. GRUBB. 

